About the Measure
| Domains | Mental health and wellbeing |
| Key stages | Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4, Key Stage 5 |
| Subscales | Optimism; Pessimism |
| Description | A measure of dispositional optimism. |
| Example | If something can go wrong for me, it will |
| Link | http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1069072702010001003 |
| Psychometry | |
| Implementation |
Implementation details
| No. of items | 10 |
| Format | Likert |
| Respondent | Self |
| Scoring | Standardised |
| Time | 0 |
| Age | 13-18 |
| Cost single purchase | Free |
| Cost per child | Free |
Psychometric details
| UK norms | No |
| Cronbach's α | .62-.78 |
| Test retest | Not reported |
| Inter-rater reliability | Not reported |
| EFA | 2-factor orthogo |
| CFA | 2-factor model (adolescents) Chi-square(8)= 11.47 p< .001 RMSEA=.04 CFI=.99 |
| Criterion validity | Not reported |
| Construct validity | Self-esteem, r= [.34,.55]; General Health Questionnaire-12: r= [-.38, -.37] (Total and Optimism) and r= .19 (Pessimism) |
| Concurrent validity | Not reported |
| Predictive validity | Not reported |
| Responsiveness | Not reported |
| Floor/Ceiling | Not reported |
| References | Creed, P. A., Patton, W., & Bartrum, D. (2002). Multidimensional properties of the LOT-R: Effects of optimism and pessimism on career and well-being related variables in adolescents. Journal of Career Assessment, 10(1), 42-61. doi:10.1177/1069072702010001003 |